Urgent Action Update: Risk of Torture for Man Extradited to Russia (Russian Federation: UA 41.18)

On 17 July, Aslan Yandiev was extradited to Russia. He is suffering from a long-term illness and is at grave risk of torture and other ill-treatment and an unfair trial in Russia.

1) TAKE ACTION
Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

• Urging the Prosecutor General and the Head of the Penitentiary Service of the North Ossetia to take all necessary steps to ensure Aslan Yandiev is not subjected to torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and that he has timely and effective access to any necessary healthcare;
• Calling on the authorities to ensure that Aslan Yadiev’s fair trial rights are protected, including by ensuring he has access to legal representation at all stages of the proceedings against him and that evidence obtained under torture is excluded at trial.

Contact these two officials by 30 August, 2018:
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
Yuriy Yakovlevich Chaika
Prosecutor General’s Office
ul. B. Dmitrovka, d.15a
125993 Moscow GSP- 3       
Russian Federation
Fax: +7495 987 58 41/ +7495 692 17 25
Salutation: Dear Prosecutor General

Ambassador Anatoly Antonov,
Embassy of the Russian Federation
2650 Wisconsin Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 1 202 298 5700  I  Fax: 1 202 298 5735
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @mfa_russia
Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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